Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Supplementary Balance Sheet Information

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Supplementary Balance Sheet Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Basis of Presentation/Supplementary Balance Sheet Information [Abstract]  
SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

NOTE 3—SUPPLEMENTARY BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION

 

      September 30,       September 30,  
     December 31,  

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE (in thousands):

  2011     2010  

Components of accounts receivable, net of allowances, are as follows:

               

Trade

  $ 8,583     $ 3,139  

Royalties

    29       30  

Other

    287       162  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables, net

  $ 8,899     $ 3,331  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts receivable is net of allowances for doubtful accounts and sales returns totaling approximately $399,000 and $421,000 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

      September 30,       September 30,  
    December 31,  

INVENTORY, NET (in thousands):

  2011     2010  

Components of inventory, net of allowances, are as follows:

               

Raw materials

  $ 4,280     $ 3,440  

Work-in-process

    2,538       1,184  

Finished goods

    4,494       2,363  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inventory, net

  $ 11,312     $ 6,987  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inventory is net of a provision for excess and obsolete inventory totaling approximately $2.3 million and $1.9 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

      September 30,       September 30,  
    December 31,  

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (in thousands):

  2011     2010  

Components of property, plant and equipment, net of depreciation, are as follows:

               

Land

  $ 247     $ 252  

Building

    317       324  

Leasehold improvements

    957       914  

Equipment and computers

    5,729       5,767  

Furniture and fixtures

    1,036       1,019  

Construction in progress

    26       55  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      8,312       8,331  

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

    (7,164     (7,000
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  $ 1,148     $ 1,331  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2010, management adopted a plan to sell its German building and land. In June 2010, the Company received an offer to purchase the land and building in Germany for $531,000 and, as such, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $35,000, as the fair market value was below the carrying value. Fully depreciated assets totaling $282,000 which were no longer usable were also written off in June 2010. Assets Held for Sale as of December 31, 2010 totaled $576,000. During April 2011, management decided to expand the Company’s operations in Europe which includes utilizing the land and building in Germany. As such, the land and building were reclassified from Assets Held for Sale to Property, Plant, and Equipment during the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

      September 30,       September 30,  
    December 31,  

ACCRUED LIABILITIES (in thousands):

  2011     2010  

Components of accrued liabilities are as follows:

               

Payroll and benefits

  $ 1,928     $ 1,180  

Warranty accrual, current portion

    2,218       2,301  

Sales tax

    526       429  

Deferred rent credit

    —         37  

Accrued professional services

    669       583  

Accrued insurance premium

    433       342  

Accrued support services

    200       173  

Other

    203       437  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

  $ 6,177     $ 5,482  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   
    December 31,  

DEFERRED REVENUE (in thousands):

  2011     2010  

Components of deferred revenue are as follows:

               

Royalty advances

  $ —       $ 375  

Undelivered elements (training, installation, product and support services)

    1,105       616  

Extended warranty contracts

    1,056       1,092  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Deferred Revenue

    2,161       2,083  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less Long-Term amounts:

               

Extended warranty contracts

    (25     (58

Royalty advances from

    —         (375
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Deferred Revenue — Long Term

    (25     (433
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Deferred Revenue — Current

  $ 2,136     $ 1,650  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

On May 20, 2010, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “2010 P&G Agreement”), with Procter and Gamble Company (“P&G”), which replaced an existing license agreement between the Company and P&G (the “2006 P&G Agreement”). Pursuant to the 2010 P&G Agreement, the Company agreed to continue granting P&G an exclusive license to certain of the Company’s patents to enable P&G to develop products aimed at the consumer market and P&G agreed to pay royalties based on sales of products developed with such intellectual property. The prepaid royalty payments previously paid by P&G were applied to the new exclusive license period from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2010. At the time, the Company had deferred royalty revenue totaling $1.9 million from the 2006 P&G Agreement. The 2010 P&G Agreement permitted the Company to recognize $1.5 million in royalty revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010 related to the 2009 and 2010 exclusivity period. As of December 31, 2010, $375,000 remained in long term deferred revenue. On June 28, 2011, the Company entered into an amendment to the 2010 P&G Agreement (the “2011 P&G Amendment”) which extended the effective period for the 2010 P&G Agreement from December 31, 2010 through June 30, 2011, and resulted in the Company recognizing the previously deferred $375,000 of revenue as royalty revenue during the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

The 2011 P&G Amendment also provided that effective January 1, 2011, P&G’s exclusive license to the Company’s patents converted to a non-exclusive license unless P&G paid the Company a license payment in the amount of $187,500 by the end of the third quarter of 2011, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, throughout the term of the 2010 P&G Agreement. As a result of P&G not making any payments to the Company in the third and fourth quarters during the year ended December 31, 2011, their license converted to a non-exclusive license. The Company is currently engaged an active collaboration with P&G to commercialize a consumer product utilizing its patents.